Jaime Rodrguez

R ELIA B ILITY C EN TR ED
M A IN TEN A N C E
Challenges facing m odern m aintenance
m anagers

To select the most appropiate

techniques
To deal with each type of failure
process4
In order to fulfil all the expectations
of the owners of the assets and
society as a whole
In the most cost-effective and
enduring fashion
With the active support and co-
D efi
nitions

Maintenace: Ensuring that physical

assets continue to dos what their
users want them to do
Reliability-centred Maintenance: a
process used to determine the
maintenance requirements of any
physical asset in its operating
context
 RCM :the seven basic
questions
1. What are the functions and associated
performance standards of the asset in its
present operating context?
2. In what ways does it fail to fulfil its functions?
3. What causes each functional failure?
4. What happens when each failure occurs?
5. In what way does each failure occurs?
6. What can be done to predict or prevent each
failure?
7. What should be doneif a suitable proactive
task cannot found?
Failure m odes

Failure modes are all the events which are

reasonably likely to cause each failed state.
The fourth step in the RCm entails listing
failues effects, wich describe what happens
when each failure mode occurs
The process of identifying functions,
functional failures, failures modes and
failure effects yield surprising and often
very exciting opportunities for improving
performance and safety, and also
eliminating waste
 Potential failures are defined as
identificable physical conditions
which indicates that a functional
faiure is about occur or is in the
process of occuring
Key elem ents ofplanning
process at RCM
Decide wich assets are most likely to benefit
from RCM process, and if so, exactly how the will
benefit
Assess the resources required to apply the
process to selected assets
In cases where the likely benefits justify the
invesment, decide in detail who is to perform
and who is to audit each analysis, when and
where, and arrange for them to receive
appropiate training
Ensure that the operting contex of the asset is
clearly understood
Review groups
Facilitators

Their role is to ensure:

The RCM analysis is carried out at right level,
that system boundaries area clearly defined,
that no important items are overlooked and
the results of the analysis are properly
recorded.
RCM is correctly understood and applied by
the group members
The group reaches concesus in a brisk anad
orderly fashion, while retining the enthusiasm
and commiment of individual members
O utcom es ofa RCM analysis
Maimtenance schedules to be done by maintenance deparment.
Revised opertaing procedures for the operators of the asset
A list of areas where one-off changes must be made the designa
of the asset or the way in which is operated to deal with
situations where the asset cannot deliver the desired
performance in its current configuration
Grater safety and enviroemental integrity
Improved operating performance (output, product quality and
customer service)
Greater maintenance cost-effectiveness
Longer useful life of expensive items
A comprehesive database
Greater motivation of individuals
Better teamwork
O utcom es ofa RCM analysis

Maimtenance schedules to be done

by maintenance deparment.
Revised opertaing procedures for
the operators of the asset
A list of areas where one-off changes
must be made the designa of the
asset or the way in wich is operated
to deal with situations where the
asset cannot deliver the desired
performance in its current
Functions

A function statement sould consdist

of a verb. An object and a desired
estndar of performance
Functions

Desired performance (what the user wants the asset to do)

Buil-in capacity (what it can do)
Restoration
The initial capability of any asset is established by its design
and how it is made
Maintenance can only restore the asset to this initial level of
capability it cannot go beyond it
Capability
Standards

Quantitative performace standards

Performance standards should be quantified
Where possible, because quantitative standards
are inherently much more precise than
qualitative standars.
Qualitative standards
User and maintainer need to take care to ensure
that they share a common understanding of
what is meant words laike acceptable before
setting up a system intede to preserve that
acceptability